Daily Archive: Monday, August 3, 2015

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo signing the Book of Condolence for the late India President Dr.

The true meaning of emancipation is “not only about the abolition of slavery, but also the arrival of Indentureship… and by extension, the birth of our nation” were the words of Dr.

The Guyana Police Force is seeking the assistance of members of the public in identifying and locating the person whose image is attached.

The PPP today condemned the government over the ending of the One Laptop Per Family programme.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) says it has been informed that the locally registered ship “CAPT.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – The head of world athletics vigorously defended the IAAF’s anti-doping record on Monday, as global sporting bodies called for a thorough probe of the latest allegations to plunge international sport into crisis.

The APNU+AFC Government has halted a $572m payment to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) in connection with a contract that was awarded to the company weeks before the May 11 general elections, citing the need for a full review.

A visually impaired Guyanese cricketer lost his life on Friday in St Lucia after he encountered difficulty in the water on a beach trip.

Two weeks after investigators matched an unlicensed gun reportedly found in a Riverview, Ruimveldt house to the Courtney Crum-Ewing murder scene, no charges have been laid, raising questions as to whether ranks are struggling to build a case against the suspected triggerman they have in their custody.

Over three years after government secured nearly half a billion dollars in European Union (EU) funding to build a hydropower plant at Kato in Region Eight, the project is still to get off the ground.

A 47-year-old businessman of Henrietta New Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast was on Saturday night admitted to the Suddie Public Hospital after being shot thrice by three armed bandits who robbed his business place.

An Enmore businessman was robbed at gunpoint on Saturday of his payroll and firearm at Coomacka, Linden but the police later held three men at a roadblock and recovered most of the money.

Gold production continues to decline with production for the first half of the year up to June pegged at 165,976 ounces compared to 198,046 ounces for the same period last year.

Venezuela’s foreign ministry has sent a note of protest to Guyana after the government’s recent gazetting of coordinates to establish the baseline for the Essequibo River.

A young businessman barely managed to escape serious injuries when a speeding pick-up truck crashed into his store at De Willem, West Coast Demerara around 5:15 pm on Saturday.

The mandated Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-ing the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Authority, which is to be named by the National Assembly to appoint members of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), is yet be established.

CineGuyana was officially launched on Thursday at Caribbean Cinemas in the Giftland Mall at Liliendaal, East Coast of Demerara.

One person is in custody over the murder of an elderly Montrose woman on Saturday but the police say the man who inflicted the fatal blows remains on the loose.

A man was on Friday remanded to prison after a city court heard that he allegedly armed himself with a gun and a cutlass and robbed another man of his phone.

Dr David Hinds of the Working People’s Alliance on Friday urged members of the public to renew their emancipation and push for equality of all Guyanese regardless of race, class or gender.

A pedestrian died on Saturday evening after he was hit down by a motor vehicle on the Montrose, East Coast Demerara (ECD) public road.

The dynasty continued as Christianburg/Wismar sealed their fourth consecutive championship, squeaking past Georgetown unit Chase Academy 2-1 when the 5th Annual Digicel Secondary School Championships concluded yesterday at the National Stadium in Providence.

Dear Editor, Guyanese of all political persuasion were appalled at the revelation of certain financial extravagance and excesses arising out of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr.

MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, CMC – Led by a half century opening partnership Guyana defeated Jamaica to retain the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-19 50-over tournament here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am heartened by the genuine intentions of our present government to restore order accountability and decency to the Guyanese society as a whole, especially with particular reference to the Minister of Finance’s stated zero tolerance for skullduggery and corruption.

After placing second last week in Berbice, Michael Anthony took his talents to the roadways of West Demerara yesterday and sprinted off with the spoils of the 11th Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile event.

Dear Editor, Ever since the construction of the Marriott Hotel started in late 2011 I have sounded multiple warnings that upon its completion the working class and poorer Guyanese would be denied access to the Kingston jetty and the natural sand beach located there.

Former Caribbean junior girls champion and three times Junior Sports woman-of-the-year winner Chelsea Edghill has been granted a partial scholarship to Lindenwood University Missouri, United States of America.

The Referee/Judges Commission of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) held a refresher course yesterday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

Dear Editor, Minister Khemraj Ramjattan must be commended for the action taken on the closing of bars, night clubs, etc, at 2 am with respect to noise nuisance and late consumption of alcohol.

Guyana’s Calvin Thomas Friday captured the gold medal in the 5000m event at the Special Olympics World Games competition in the United States of America.

Dear Editor, In the light of the exchange between the pen-name letter writer, M Maxwell and the Stabroek News, I reproduce a small part of the New York Times policy on anonymity.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations 193-member states agreed yesterday on an agenda for the world’s sustainable development over the next 15 years that pledges to leave no-one behind and is now due to be formally adopted by world leaders at a summit in September.

The quartet of Jamal John, Raphael Leung, Andrew Hicks and Romello Crawford have been selected to represent Guyana at the August 8-9 Caribbean Junior Cycling Championships in the Dominican Republic.

Dear Editor, A letter writer, Clairmont Lye, noted that 80% of the chairmanship posts to recently appointed state boards are filled by non-Indo-Guyanese (‘In politics perception is reality,’ SN, July 30).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — Contrary to reports in some circles experienced wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin was not dropped from the West Indies team for the proposed tour of Zimbabwe.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has decided to allow airstrikes to defend Syrian rebels trained by the U.S.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday called a parliamentary election for Oct.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Endurance runners suspected of doping have been winning a third of Olympic and world championship medals, two news organisations said yesterday, after a leak of thousands of blood test results from 2001-2012 threw global athletics into chaos.

Dear Editor, Former Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Mr Norman Whittaker, made snide remarks about the performance of the M&CC, Georgetown and M&TC, Linden in your letters column on July 31.

Dear Editor, The PPP has wasted billions of dollars maintaining a failed enterprise for political ends, ie, holding on to the votes of sugar workers and their families at national and local government elections.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Four Caribbean Member Federations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) are supporting calls for reforms to athletics governing body.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Brazilian government plans to use drones to strengthen its fight against slave labour in rural areas, the Labour Ministry has said.

President David Granger (second from left) met on Friday with Trinidad’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (second from right) for talks on a variety of issues.

According to news reports, the Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, announced that the proceeds of the “Lotto Fund” will be paid directly into the Consolidated Fund and that the Minister of Finance would issue the relevant order soon.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Craig Ervine struck a powerful maiden century to lead Zimbabwe to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first one-day international at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association has taken note of the decision of the Guyana selectors to leave out Latoya Smith from its fourteen players to represent this country at the WICB Regional Tournament next month in Trinidad and Tobago.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – The United States and Egypt are returning to a “stronger base” in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns, U.S.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Six incarcerated gang members escaped from an El Salvador jail on Sunday after prying open the bars of their cell, security officials said.

Interviews by Mariah Lall, Aliyah Briggs and Dhanash Ramroop with photos by Keno George On a recent visit to Linden, First Lady Sandra Granger expressed her hope of one day seeing a woman appointed Police Commissioner or Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force.

Dear Editor, Mr Findlay’s comments on WI not making the cut for the Champion`s Trophy, “We have only ourselves to blame because we haven’t been playing good cricket,” represent one of those statements that is true but not helpful.

While it’s only been ten weeks since the Cabinet has been in place the President and the Prime Minister will undoubtedly be keenly analysing the performances of individual ministers and determining when changes should be made.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada Cricket Association (GCA) has included three newcomers in a 13-member squad selected to participate in this year’s Windward Islands Two-day Cricket Tournament, starting in St Vincent later this month.